Tank acting wierd

[Tyler_Fishman]

So recently I ordered a discosoma mushroom frag, the coral itself had dislodged itself from the frag plug and had floated to the bottom of my bag. I pit it in a low flow area of the tank. And went out for the night, I came back and it was gone! I had to uplift all my rock work to try and find it again. I stressed my whole tank in the process, I isolated it in a condiment container with some gravel for it to attach to, rearranged my rock work and went to bed. I woke up this moring to a faint ammonia smell, and unfortunately I do not have a test kit for ammonia, Atm. My salinity is on point and my ph is normal. The rest of my coral fully opend when I turned the lights on, and my water is almost crystal (it's a bit cloudy since I disturbed the sand bed a little) And my snail which is normally active is not moving. I do have a bit of cyano and dinos in my tank, which I heard can give off some toxin, but that's the only real reason that my snail maybe sick. The mushroom frag, I could not check because Im out atm. Maybe the mushroom died and is starting to rot. It's only a few centimeters big although so I don't know of it could stink up my tank, maybe I'm going crazy what do you think?

 

[sbash]

You probably saw this coming, but go get yourself an ammonia test kit ASAP. lol...

Moving the rocks probably just triggered a mini cycle; how slight the cycle may be will not be known until you can test the water. It would be also a good idea to pick up an ammonia conditioner, like Prime, to keep on hand. It is better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it!

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

I had to uplift all my rock work to try and find it again. I stressed my whole tank in the process

I do have a bit of cyano and dinos in my tank, which I heard can give off some toxin

These two things are probably the issue, moving around stuff will definitely get corals and fish upset, as well as potentially release nutrients that may have been collected in a dead zone in the tank. The dinos are also affecting your snails most likely.

I would be doing 10% water changes daily and trying to remove as much cyano and dinoflagellates as possible at this point. If you don't get those two things in particular under control, they can and will take over the tank.

 

[Tyler_Fishman]

These two things are probably the issue, moving around stuff will definitely get corals and fish upset, as well as potentially release nutrients that may have been collected in a dead zone in the tank. The dinos are also affecting your snails most likely.

I would be doing 10% water changes daily and trying to remove as much cyano and dinoflagellates as possible at this point. If you don't get those two things in particular under control, they can and will take over the tank.

You probably are right with the rocks, I'll have to keep an eye on my snail however. And I'm planning on purchasing some chemiclean, test kits are definitely on their way, next pay check

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

You probably are right with the rocks, I'll have to keep an eye on my snail however. And I'm planning on purchasing some chemiclean, test kits are definitely on their way, next pay check

Chemiclean may help but it may cause other issues, just be careful with it and research appropriate doses before adding it to the tank. Honestly, I wouldn't spend any money on it based on the experiences of other hobbyists who used it. Some folks had success and others didn't. Out of the folks who did have success, some had cyano return after some time in full force.

I got rid of my cyano, which covered the entirety of my tank, with physical removal, reduced feedings, and consistent water changes. I also used Sea Gel by Sea Chem which is supposed to help remove silicates but there's some varying opinions out there as to whether or not that actually does anything. It took over a month but I finally beat it and have been cyano free for over a year. You have to be diligent with stuff like cyano or dinos otherwise it is going to chew up whatever your throw at it and spit it right back out.